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He was one of thousands of jeepney drivers who took to the streets across the country on Thursday to protest a more than doubling of local diesel prices after global oil prices surged because of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.<br \/>&#8220;We are losing our income. What we earn just goes to paying for diesel,&#8221; said Prado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ripple effects of the war in the Middle East are hitting home hard for Philippine jeepney driver Toni Prado, whose daily earnings have been gutted by soaring fuel prices. 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